Cambodia News (Siem Reap): On July 8, 2020, at 3:30 pm, a 51-year-old woman, CAROL ANNE BRADY, a South African national, was arrested for living illegally in Steung Thmie village, Sangkat Svay Dong Kom, Siem Reap.

The South African woman came to Cambodia in 2015 through Phnom Penh International Airport. She went to live in Siem Reap and worked as an English teacher. Apparently, she said that her passport was sent to Phnom Penh to renew her visa, but she didn't have any confirmation documents to verify this. She also didn't have money to pay for her daily food.

The foreign woman has been sent to the Department of Deportation of the Immigration Department in Siem Reap to follow the legal procedure.

WATCH | SA citizens stranded in Cambodia beg to be repatriated
09 July 2020 - 11:43 By Unathi Nkanjeni

A group of SA teachers stranded in Cambodia, Asia, is pleading to be repatriated.

The group said they have been without salaries since March after the country went into lockdown and schools are only expected to reopen later this year.

The group, through a crowdfunding page, is asking for anything from R1 to help raise funds for a possible repatriation flight to get them home. So far, the group has raised just R4,473.

“Many South Africans have been left stranded and jobless, and that is putting it quite lightly,” said the group on the page.

“Schools closed down and some of us are still lucky to be earning 25% of their salary, which essentially is not enough to get by in a foreign country with no help from family, close relatives, or our government for that matter.

“We are all now asking for your help to donate to us so that we can get one last repatriation flight out of the country and come home.

“Due to the financial constraints that have befallen on some, they cannot pay for a repatriation flight back home, with your help, you can help us come home,” the group added.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south- ... patriated/

Troubled times for South Africans in Cambodia:

South Africans Stranded in Cambodia
Fundraising campaign by Mare Botha


https://gogetfunding.com/south-africans ... -cambodia/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/312294222471571/

Those dates are incorrect.
This lady flew in to SR early May 2017
I wonder if any of the schools that she worked at will have some documentation that may help her.

Would be interesting to hear whether people have actually been leaving in the past few weeks. With the increasing number of flights and stories of people actually having made it back here recently, I wonder if some of the “stuck” or financially destitute folks that are frequently mentioned in this forum are using those return flights to get home.

It's absolutely heartbreaking.
I wish I could help and support everyone but it's just not possible

With the shutdowns continuing, there are going to be a lot of people all over the world in desperate financial situations.

With a large number of people in the same situation, it becomes too difficult to help them all.

If there was just one, and they looked hard, and got lucky, they may find a Cambodian family they could work with. They could offer to help with their work, then see if they can stay with the family, and get meals from the family. There would be Cambodian families somewhere who would take them in. It is just difficult to know which families would be happy to do that. For example:

People grow tobacco. They harvest it from the farm. Then they remove the large stems. Then they put it in a machine which cuts it into fine strips. It is then laid out on mats to dry in the sun. One issue is, tobacco harvesting is seasonal, not continuous.

People grow mushrooms. There are 2 different types of mushrooms, and 2 completely different methods of growing them. A lot of work needs to be done during planting. The best time to harvest mushrooms is 3 am, so they can have fresh mushrooms for sale in the market when it opens.

There are factories which send work to be done in people's homes. For example, a lot of people do sewing at home. However, if another person came along, they may need another sewing machine.

There are people who put cigarettes into packets at home.

Someone who could repair bicycles, could offer to help at a bicycle shop.

It would probably not be difficult to get construction work. Normally accommodation is provided.

There are many different types of work people do. If someone was to find the right Cambodian family, there would probably be people who would take them in, if they helped with the work.

It would be ideal to get a salary, so people have some control over their own lives.

I have also wondered, if a foreigner went to a temple, explained they had no money, and asked if they could live at the temple, would they welcome them. At some temples, they probably would.

A big challenge is, many of these people don't speak the language, which would make things more difficult.